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On Tuesday, some of the victims confronted him in court before the judge handed down his sentence.

Kraft was sentenced to five years in prison and must pay the victims about $36,000.

His attorney wanted probation, in part to be able to pay them back.

"My parents made arrangements with you for their headstones and caskets," said Leigh Ann Barta.

Barta had a hard time describing how her parents trusted Kraft.

They paid him for burial items, but after her father's death Kraft didn't deliver.

"We would go to the cemetery and there was nothing there. Nothing showing where he was," Barta said.

Bob Smith told a similar story.

He made arrangements for his mother in advance, but when she died there was no casket.

"She was laying over there with nothing to put her in, so I had to pay another $2,500 out of pocket," Smith said.

Investigators said Kraft sold pre-need caskets, grave markers and burial vaults, then failed to put the money into a trust account as required by law.

Instead, he used it for his personal needs.

"My father worked two jobs. My father was making 53 cents an hour. My father had to work very hard for the money he had to save to buy those caskets. This gentleman has a Facebook page. He's been laying in pools. He's been going on trips. He knew what he was doing," said Benita Marcum.

At his sentencing, he did not look at the victims or speak. Instead, his attorney read a statement.

"I'd like to apologize to all my clients. I will pay everything back as soon as possible," public defender Aaron Duke read.

Duke said Kraft didn't intentionally prey on people during their times of need.

Duke countered Kraft saw an opportunity for a business after the funeral home he was at closed.

The problem was that Kraft wasn't a good businessman.

"This is poor money management that spiraled completely out of control," Duke said.

The judge pointed out Kraft's repeated criminal activity in the case in denying probation.

"You had to form the intent to take this money time after time after time," Judge James Shake said

Kraft's specific charges included theft, financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult and failure to put money in a trust.

He will be eligible for shock probation.

Kraft's charges came from an investigation by the Attorney General's Office, which received numerous complaints about him. That also led to similar charges being filed against him in Clark County, Indiana.